Comic Title: Action Comics #100
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: July 17, 1946 Copyright Date July 15, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Magic – Past or Present"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Zatara (of Earth-2)

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: William F. White

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in Action Comics #99; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #24)

Villain(s)

• A gang of payroll bandits (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Merlin, Toth, Appolonius, and Cagliostro (ancient magicians; no further appearances)
• Morpheus (god of slumber; no further appearances)
• The oracle (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jealous of Zatara's magical prowess, a group of ancient magicians headed by Merlin seek to prove themselves better than Zatara. Each magician enters Zatara's home only to be overcome by his magic. Merlin summons Zatara away from his home, but Zatara still prevails by entertaining the magicians with music. The magicians admit that Zatara's magic is indeed greater than their own and send him home. Zatara then awakens to the sound of the radio. He is not sure if his battle with the ancient magicians was real or a dream.